REPORT OF PROCEEDINGS

OF THE

SIXTH ANNUAL SESSION

THE AMERICAN MINING

CONGRESS

IRWIN MAHON, SECRETARY,

CARLISLE, PENNSYLVANIA

DEADWOOD AND LEAD, SOUTH DAKOTA,

SEPTEMBER 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 AND 12, 1903

SESSIONS OF THE CONGRESS HAVE

BEEN HELD AS FOLLOWS:

DATE

CITY

PRESIDENT

ADDRESS

REMARKS

1st July 1897 Denver, Colo. Hon. Alva Adams Pueblo, Colo.

Temporary 1st July 1897 Denver, Colo. Hon. L. Bradford Prince Santa Fe, N. M. 2nd July 1898 Salt Lake, Utah Hon. L. Bradford Prince Santa Fe, N. M, 3rd July 1899 Milwaukee Col, M. B. Montgomery Cripple Creek, Colo. Passed to 3rd June 1900 Milwaukee Col. M. B. Montgomery Cripple Creek, Colo. S June 1900 4th July 1901 Boise, Idaho Hon. L. Bradford Prince Santa Fe, N. M. 5th Sept. 1902 Butte, Mont. E. L. Schafner

Cleveland, Ohio. 6th Sept. 1903 Deadwood and

Hon. J. H. Richards Boise, Idaho.
Lead S. D.

OF THE

UNIVERSITY

OF

CALIFORNIA

OFFICAL ROSTER

OF THE OFFICERS OF THE

American Mining Congress

SEVENTH ANNUAL SESSION

MEETS AT PORTLAND, OREGON,

AUGUST 22 - 27, 1904.

OFFICERS

Hon. J. H. Richards, President....

. Boise, Idaho Col. Thos. Ewing, 1st Vice-President. .Los Angeles, California R. C. Patterson, 2nd Vice-President.... ..Omaha, Nebraska J. Frank Watson, 3d Vice-President. .Portland, Oregon Merchants National Bank, Treasurer.... .. Portland, Oregon Irwin Mahon, Secretary....

. Carlisle, Pennsylvania

BOARD OF DIRECTORS.
Hon. J. H. Richards, Idaho; Col. Thomas Ewing, California; R. C.
Patterson, Nebraska; J. Frank Watson, Oregon; Col. E. F. Brown,
Colorado; Dr. J. A. Holmes, North Carolina; John Gray, South Dakota;
Hon. James H. Lynch, Montana; John Dern, Utah.

LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE.

Hon. J. H. Mitchell, United States Senator, Chairman, Oregon; Hon. J. H. Richards, Idaho; Col. Thomas Ewing, California,

PROGRAM COMMITTEE.

R. C. Patterson, A. M., Chairman, Nebraska; J. Frank Watson, Ore. gon; John Gray, South Dakota.

Irwin Mahon, Chairman, Pennsylvania; Hon. J. H. Lynch, Montana; Capt. Thos K. Muir, Oregon.

BUILDING COMMITTEE.

Col. Thos. Ewing, Chairman, California; David H. Moffatt, Denver, Colorado; J. R. Leonard, Pittsburg, Pennsylvania.

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Hon. J. H. Richards, Boise, Idaho; E. R. Buckley, Rolla, Missouri; Irwin Mahon, Carlisle, Pennsylvania; Col. John T. Grayson, Portland, Oregon; S. W. Russell, Deadwood, South Dakota; Col. Thos. Ewing, Los Angeles, California; Charles W. Goodale, Butte, Montana; W. L. Kendall, Cleveland, Ohio; L. K. Armstrong, Spokane, Washington.

LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE

Hon. E. W. Martin, Chairman, Deadwood, South Dakota; Hon. H. B. Heyburn, United States Senator, Wallace, Idaho; Hon. A. B. Kittredge, United States Senator, Sioux Falls, South Dakota; Col. Thomas Ewing, Los Angeles, California; Maj. E. L. Shafner, Cleveland, Ohio.

PROGRAM COMMITTEE

W. S. Elder, Chairman, Deadwood, South Dakota; J. W. Neill, Salt Lake City, Utah; Walter H. Weed, United States Geological Survey, Washington, D. C.; Dr. R. L. Slagle, Dean School of Mines, Rapid City, South Dakota; R. H. Driscoll, Cashier First National Bank, Lead, South Dakota.

TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE S. W. Russell, Chairman, Deadwood, South Dakota; John Francis, G. P. A., B. & M. R. R., Omaha, Nebraska; J. A. Kuhn, Asst. G. P. & F. A., C. & N. W. R. R. Co., Omaha, Nebraska; Pro.f E. M. Shepard, Springfield, Missouri; Ernest May, Lead, South Dakota.